2016-01-02, 15:35
OSMC Test Builds for Kodi 17 for Raspberry Pi 1 & 2
Based on the Kodi master Krypton (v17) and popcornmix's newclock
Warning
Kodi 17 is currently alpha and there is likely to be a lot of activity in the coming weeks/months.
Before proceeding make sure you have a backup of your Raspberry Pi. As these are test builds there could well be some unexpected problems.
Database upgrades could also be an issue. Please make a backup of the Kodi database before installing, especially if you are running a remote MySQL database.
16.8-044, 21 March 2016: Based off OSMC commit (7d2f65c) and newclock5 commit (70bc4bc0)
To get these builds, you will need to add gmcto the Debian repository. This can be by editing /etc/apt/sources.list, and adding the following:
To install a test build, run the following command to update the apt cache:
And then issue the following command to install a test build for Raspberry Pi 2 or 3:
To install a Raspberry Pi 1 or Raspberry Pi Zero build, issue the following command:
You can now update to the latest build when it is published with the following commands:
Build Highlights
Confluence skin has now been retired and replaced with [Estuary](https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/034a...702cf75c55).
This is now the default skin in the nightlies.
For current builds DVD playback remains temporarily disabled
Updated libbluray library
newclock5
New commits in this build:
VideoPlayer: do not disable stream at processing stage (d8e10527)
[pvr] drop PVRFile (70bc4bc0)
Updated commits in this build:
Revert "[mmalrenderer] Wait for vsync before submitting to mmal when display sync is disabled" (9aa99151)
rbp: Support zero copy interface with hevc acceleration (d90887dc)
Commits no longer in build:
build: Add vcsm lib (42262dd1)
rbp: Expose gpu memory allocation functions (f2943014)
[mmalcodec] Avoid double rate deinterlace when not fullscreen or with OSD (13a59e84)
Revert "[mmalcodec] Avoid double rate deinterlace when not fullscreen or with OSD" (9d94cbdc)
ffmpeg: test: increase number of threads (70e191e0)
[3d] Automatically enable 3D for ssif (19e6cd95)
mmalrender: Remove control port (b32ac26e)
MMAL: Remove support for YUV and make the MMAL format more general (8e0173e5)
MMAL: Add zero copy accelerated interface to ffmpeg (93de83e1)
MMALFFPEG: Avoid crash with 10-bit video (1ccd8a35)
Previous Builds
16.8-043, 19 March 2016: Release
16.8-042, 04 March 2016: Release
16.8-041, 03 March 2016: Release
16.8-040, 02 March 2016: Release
16.8-039, 01 March 2016: Release
16.8-038, 29 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-037, 28 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-036, 24 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-035, 23 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-034, 22 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-033, 21 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-032, 19 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-031, 16 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-030, 16 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-029, 15 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-028, 12 Feb 2016: Release
To confirm which version you are running:
Based on the Kodi master Krypton (v17) and popcornmix's newclock
Warning
Kodi 17 is currently alpha and there is likely to be a lot of activity in the coming weeks/months.
Before proceeding make sure you have a backup of your Raspberry Pi. As these are test builds there could well be some unexpected problems.
Database upgrades could also be an issue. Please make a backup of the Kodi database before installing, especially if you are running a remote MySQL database.
16.8-044, 21 March 2016: Based off OSMC commit (7d2f65c) and newclock5 commit (70bc4bc0)
To get these builds, you will need to add gmcto the Debian repository. This can be by editing /etc/apt/sources.list, and adding the following:
Code:
deb http://download.osmc.tv/dev/gmc ./
To install a test build, run the following command to update the apt cache:
Code:
sudo apt-get update
And then issue the following command to install a test build for Raspberry Pi 2 or 3:
Code:
sudo apt-get install rbp2-mediacenter-osmc
To install a Raspberry Pi 1 or Raspberry Pi Zero build, issue the following command:
Code:
sudo apt-get install rbp1-mediacenter-osmc
You can now update to the latest build when it is published with the following commands:
Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Build Highlights
Confluence skin has now been retired and replaced with [Estuary](https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/034a...702cf75c55).
This is now the default skin in the nightlies.
For current builds DVD playback remains temporarily disabled
Updated libbluray library
newclock5
New commits in this build:
VideoPlayer: do not disable stream at processing stage (d8e10527)
[pvr] drop PVRFile (70bc4bc0)
Updated commits in this build:
Revert "[mmalrenderer] Wait for vsync before submitting to mmal when display sync is disabled" (9aa99151)
rbp: Support zero copy interface with hevc acceleration (d90887dc)
Commits no longer in build:
build: Add vcsm lib (42262dd1)
rbp: Expose gpu memory allocation functions (f2943014)
[mmalcodec] Avoid double rate deinterlace when not fullscreen or with OSD (13a59e84)
Revert "[mmalcodec] Avoid double rate deinterlace when not fullscreen or with OSD" (9d94cbdc)
ffmpeg: test: increase number of threads (70e191e0)
[3d] Automatically enable 3D for ssif (19e6cd95)
mmalrender: Remove control port (b32ac26e)
MMAL: Remove support for YUV and make the MMAL format more general (8e0173e5)
MMAL: Add zero copy accelerated interface to ffmpeg (93de83e1)
MMALFFPEG: Avoid crash with 10-bit video (1ccd8a35)
Previous Builds
16.8-043, 19 March 2016: Release
16.8-042, 04 March 2016: Release
16.8-041, 03 March 2016: Release
16.8-040, 02 March 2016: Release
16.8-039, 01 March 2016: Release
16.8-038, 29 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-037, 28 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-036, 24 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-035, 23 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-034, 22 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-033, 21 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-032, 19 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-031, 16 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-030, 16 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-029, 15 Feb 2016: Release
16.8-028, 12 Feb 2016: Release
To confirm which version you are running:
Code:
dpkg -l | grep mediacenter-osmc | awk '{ print $3 }'